COLLINS v. STATE

No. 96-2434.

707 So.2d 821 (1998)

Manny COLLINS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied April 1, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Craig J. Trocino, Assistant Public Defender, Miami, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Consuelo Maingot, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and SHEVIN and SORONDO, JJ.


SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

Collins was accused of strong arm robbery, first degree felony murder arising from the death of a motorist in a traffic accident which occurred while he was fleeing, along with two co-perpetrators, in a previously stolen vehicle from the scene of the robbery, and grand theft of the getaway car. After a shamefully acrimonious trial,1 Collins was acquitted of robbery but found guilty of the lesser offense of second...

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